PETERSBURG, Va. - Restoring the ironwork in Blandford Cemetery, some of which was created as far back as the 1700s, requires painstaking care to ensure that these connections to the past stand for ...

PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — Many residents in Petersburg are angry that tall uncut grass is greeting families who come to visit their loved ones at Blandford ... the cemetery to see the grave ...

Like virtually everyplace else in the nation, Petersburg ... take place in Blandford Church, a small, roughly 280-year-old structure that sits on high ground, overlooking a cemetery where up ...

While several locations claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day, Petersburg, Virginia, played a key role in its establishment. Mary Logan's visit to Blandford ... flags at each grave in the ...

PETERSBURG, Va. -- A longtime Petersburg teacher is ... placed flags on the 125 Confederate soldier's graves at Blandford Cemetery on June 9, 1865. Those soldiers had died the year before ...